Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – If it wasn't poor free throw shooting that short-circuited upset bid by the University of Rio Grande, a controversial call with the game hanging in the balance may have. ...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – For the second time in three games, it was a third quarter swoon which spelled doom for the University of Rio Grande women's basketball team. Indiana University East used a...

Rio Grande Sports Information BEXLEY, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande men's track and field recorded a trio of top 10 finishes at Saturday's Jessica Starks Open hosted by Capital University at the CU Field House. ...

Rio Grande Sports Information BEXLEY, Ohio – Chanavier Robinson had a pair of top four showings, while two of her University of Rio Grande teammates recorded runner-up finishes at Saturday's Jessica Starks Open hosted by Capital University...

Rio Grande Sports Information CINCINNATI, Ohio – For a span of five minutes bridging the end of the first half and the start of the second half, the University of Rio Grande had things going exactly as they wanted. But on...

Rio Grande Sports Information CINCINNATI, Ohio – Just when it appeared as if the University of Rio Grande was poised to ditch its extended losing slide, Cincinnati Christian University found a way to extend its recent string of...

Rio Grande Sports Information MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Caden Cluxton had three hits and drove in a career-high six runs, while Michael Rodriguez had three hits of his own and finished with four RBI in the University of Rio Grande's 18-11 win...

Rio Grande Sports Information MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – The University of Rio Grande opened the 2019 baseball season in grand style, turning a solid pitching performance and an offensive explosion into a doubleheader sweep of Brewton-Parker College,...

Rio Grande Sports Information KOKOMO, Ind. – As lackadaisical as the University of Rio Grande appeared in the opening half of Thursday night's game against Indiana University Kokomo, the RedStorm were equally as focused over the final 20...

Rio Grande Sports Information KOKOMO, Ind. – Lauren Godwin scored 10 of her career-high 17 points off the bench in the second half, including six in a key third quarter run, to help Indiana University Kokomo past the University of Rio Grande,...

Rio Grande, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College works to create global connections and new academic opportunities for students, staff and faculty. To continue strengthening global relations, Rio’s Provost and Vice President of Academic...

Rio Grande Sports Information PITTSBURGH, Pa. – In the 2017-18 regular season finale, a loss at Carlow University prevented the University of Rio Grande men's basketball team from earning a spot in the River States Conference...

Rio Grande Sports Information PITTSBURGH, Pa. – When things are going rough, all things involving fortune and/or probability tend to go against you. Such is the current case for the University of Rio Grande women's...

Rio Grande Sports Information PIPPA PASSES, Ky. – Simon Christon scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, including six in an 11-0 run which helped Alice Lloyd College pull away from the University of Rio Grande and post an eventual 76-74...

Rio Grande Sports Information PIPPA PASSES, Ky. – Host Alice Lloyd College hit six of its 15 three-point goals in a 40-point first quarter explosion and went on to a 103-72 rout of the University of Rio Grande, Saturday afternoon, in River...

Rio Grande Sports Information MIDWAY, Ky. – Finally, the University of Rio Grande men's basketball team drew a favorable outcome in one of their all-too-familiar nail-biting finishes. Gunner Short's jumper in the lane...

Rio Grande Sports Information MIDWAY, Ky. – Midway University built a double-digit fourth quarter lead before surviving a late University of Rio Grande rally and pulling away again for an 81-70 win over the RedStorm, Thursday night, in River...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO RGANDE, Ohio – The adage that “close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” is one that University of Rio Grande men's basketball head coach Ken French is all too familiar...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – University of Rio Grande women's basketball head coach David Smalley may not have the look of the stereotypical mad scientist, but the veteran bench boss of the RedStorm is being forced to...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – For the third time in four outings, the University of Rio Grande men's basketball team found itself squaring off with an opponent ranked in the NAIA Division II Top 25. And...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – University of Rio Grande women's basketball head coach David Smalley lost four of the 12 players on his varsity roster – including two starters – to injury before the Christmas...

RSC Sports Information MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande is this year's favorite in the 2019 River States Conference Softball Coaches' Preseason Poll. The poll, which was voted on by the league's 10...

NAIA/Rio Grande Sports Information KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Despite suffering a pair of losses in its Christmas break trip to Hawaii, the University of Rio Grande still managed to maintain a place in the latest NAIA Division II Women's Basketball...

RSC Sports Information MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – Sophomore forward Jimi Howell stepped up with 20.0 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in two victories for No. 20 University of Rio Grande last week and thus was named River States Conference Women's...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – In terms of overall effort, University of Rio Grande head coach Ken French called it his team's worst performance of the season. The fact that it happened against one of the...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande managed to maintain its perfect home record against Indiana University Southeast on Saturday afternoon. However, the RedStorm's 10th win inside...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – When Brescia University and the University of Rio Grande meet in men's basketball, you can just about bank on the fact that the game will end up a one- or two-possession contest. ...

Rio Grande Sports Information RIO GRANDE, Ohio – After nearly blowing a 16-point first half lead, it's safe to say the University of Rio Grande did a pretty good job of rebounding down the stretch – both physically and...

Megan Wise is the 2016 Miss Ohio USA. She represented the state in the Miss USA competition where she placed among the Top 15 semifinalists. From Gallipolis, Ohio, Megan is a first grade teacher with a passion for children’s literacy. She graduated from Rio in...

A 1980 Rio Grande graduate now spends his time in the newspaper business, where he currently serves as the Editor/Ad Rep for The Roberson Journal – a weekly, independently owned newspaper in Lumberton, NC. Stephen Moses graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sales...

After having worked full time for 50 years, William Grant retired in August 2017. His career experiences included teaching in public and private institutions, and teaching and conducting research at Gallaudet University in their Model Secondary School for the Deaf....

1. What made you choose to pursue a college education at Rio Grande? I started my college education at a large state university. After two years, I felt like a number and wanted to be somewhere that professors and staff would take an interest in my education and...

1. What made you choose to pursue a college education at Rio Grande? I was offered a grant in aid and a partial track scholarship to attend Rio. Best decision I ever made. 2. What did Rio offer you besides an education? Fellowship with both students and...

Awards/Achievements – Delta Beta Xi Award from Alpha Sigma Phi National Fraternity for alumni service to the organization – Media Community Service Award from Molina Healthcare for dedicated service to organizations in central Ohio – Graduated from...

1. List some of your awards, achievements, honors you would like to highlight. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rio Grande College in 1987. At Capital University Law School, I was a member and Associate Editor of the Capital University Law Review. For nine years,...

1. List some of your awards, achievements, honors you would like to highlight. While teaching at the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School in Ripley, Ohio in 2004, I was honored to be nominated for and to receive the Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator...

1. List some of your awards, achievements, honors you would like to highlight. Columbus Business First Champion of Healthcare Award, 2017 Columbus CEO Healthcare Achievement Award, Executive Finalist of the Year, 2017 Columbus Business First Forty Under 40...

1. What did Rio offer you besides an education? Rio strengthened my spirit to overcome difficulties/ I was obviously struggling the double-whammy of learning lesson contents, complex one such as business ethics and English comprehension itself, especially in the...

Kevin Purcell, a 1979 graduate of the University of Rio Grande, was always very involved on campus. He was a Varsity Baseball team member, scorekeeper for the Men’s Basketball team, Lyne Center Summer Life Guard & Pool Maintenance Assistant, drove the bus...

According to Maya Carter, life after Rio “has been a roller coaster.” But that hasn’t stopped this 1996 graduate from becoming the Assistant Director of Campus Recreation/Aquatics Director for the University of South Carolina Upstate. Involved in just about everything...

Jessica Malone has been a professional photographer for the past eight years, and currently is pursuing her career in Gallipolis, OH where she operates a portrait studio. Malone received her undergrad degree in Communication, with a concentration in Public Relations,...